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OCTOBER 2017

Clinical burnout

In an average day in clinic, I might see 15 patients, get 75 emails, 10 secure messages, 3 pages and 5 EMR messages in my inbox. Not too long ago, some emails were from frustrated colleagues, asking me to do something for a second or third time. Sadly, some were from parents of my patients, kindly reminding me that they were sitting in the lab waiting for the orders I forgot to place or trying to book their colonoscopy, for which I had forgotten to submit the form...